Film/Body/Gesture Alicia Frankovich: Book of Works published by the Künstlerhaus Bethanien

Following Alicia Frankovich's 12 month Creative New Zealand Berlin residency, the Künstlerhaus Bethanien GmbH has published Film/Body/Gesture Alicia Frankovich: Book of Works with a text by Dominic Eichler and interview by Francesca Boenzi, both in German and English. Designed by Alicia Frankovich and Bijan Dawallu and published in an edition of 500, the 116 page book is available from: Archive Books, Berlin; Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin; World Food Books, Melbourne; and starkwhite@starkwhite.co.nz

Image: cover of Film/Body/Gesture Alicia Frankovich: Book of Works, published by the Künstlerhaus Bethanien GmbH

Alicia Frankovich at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Alicia Frankovich's exhibition Gestures, Splits and Annulations opens today at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin where she is participating in the Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency. The exhibition runs to 10 July 2011.

Image: Alicia Frankovich, Volution 2011, 35 mm film transferred to digital video

Alicia Frankovich in residence at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien's new premises

Alicia Frankovich has taken up a 12-month, CNZ-funded residency at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien's new premises located between Fraenkelufer and Kottbusser Tor. The refurbished building provides more space for events, more artists' studios (25) and better workshops.

Previous recipients of the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien residency award are: Peter Robinson (2000), Michael Stevenson (2002), Ronnie van Hout (2004), Mladen Bzumic (2006) and Sara Hughes (2008).

Image: Alicia Frankovich, Piston (2010), found objects, hook, ball from Milan, Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki; Christoph Tannert and Peter Funken at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien's new premises

Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Residency

Alicia Frankovich has been awarded the 2010/11 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Arts Residency at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien beginning in August. Kunstlerhaus Bethanien director Christoph Tannert says she was selected on the strength of her "outstanding work in the field of performance and installation". 

Image: Alicia Frankovich, The Opposite of Backwards, 2008, C-print, 700 x 1050mm, edition of 5